FINAL SCORE: Apprentice School 81, Bennett 44

EVENT: Great Ships Classic

RECORDS: Apprentice School 4-0, Bennett 0-5

LOCATION: Apprentice Athletic Center

ON THE COURT: Senior Courtney Collins had a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead five in double figures on Saturday as The Apprentice School defeated Bennett College 81-44 in the final game of the Great Ships Classic.

Bennett jumped out early to a 6-3 lead on a pair of Aaliyah Carter free throws with 16:30 left.  The Lady Builders responded with a 16-2 run over the next 6:23 to take a 19-8 lead on a steal and layup from Bria Hill at the 10:07 mark.

In the second half, the Lady Builders opened with a 17-2 run in the first six minutes to take a 57-20 lead on a Collins layup with 14 minutes left.  A 10-2 Apprentice School run over a 4:08 span later in the second half gave the hosts a 75-34 lead on a Brittanie Herriott layup with 4:17 left.  That equaled the largest lead of the game.

GAME ONE:  In game one, Penn State Fayette jumped out to a nine-point halftime lead and defeated Southern Virginia University 72-60.  Jill Guthrie scored 22 points to lead Penn State Fayette as they recorded their first victory in the Great Ships Classic in five years of playing in the event.

ALL-CLASSIC TEAM

Jill Guthrie (Penn State Fayette), Caitlin Wontroba (Penn State Fayette), Quanisha Brown (Bennett), Danita Whitaker (Apprentice), Courtney Collins (Apprentice – MVP).

BEHIND THE BOXSCORE

• Joining Collins in double figures for The Apprentice School was Kelsey Daniels (12 points-10 rebounds), Kenya Wilkerson (11 points-9 assists), Shanae Hilliard (10 points-4 assists) and Brittanie Herriott (10 points).
• The double-double from Daniels was her first collegiate double-double.
• Wilkerson had no turnovers and six rebounds to go with her near double-double of 11 points and 9 assists.
• The 10 points for Herriott set a new career-high topping the 8 she had at Berkeley College (NY) on Jan. 13, 2013.  She matched her career-high in rebounds.
• The Lady Builders were 34-of-71 from the field (47.9%) and out-rebounded the Belles 69-31. 
• Bennett was paced by Quanisha Brown with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

NEXT UP

The Lady Builders are off now until December 1 when they host St. Joseph's College-Brooklyn in a noon start for a doubleheader.  Apprentice School men will face St. Joseph's College-Brooklyn in the second game at 2 pm.